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Jemma Simmons
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  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • August 12, 2020
    • Created by
    Portrayed byElizabeth Henstridge
    Voiced byElizabeth Henstridge
    In-universe information
    Full nameJemma Anne Simmons
    NicknameFitzSimmons (with Leopold Fitz)
    Occupation
    • Biochemist
    • S.H.I.E.L.D.
      agent
    Family
    • Owen Shaw (son-in-law)
    • Alya Fitz
    NationalityBritish[1]

    Jemma Anne Simmons[2] is a fictional character that originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, first appeared in the 2013 pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and has continually been portrayed by Elizabeth Henstridge.

    In the series, Simmons is one of

    S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top scientific minds. Though her experience is vast, she is particularly expert in biological sciences. Many of her storylines involve her relationship with her best friend, and later husband, Leopold Fitz
    . Over the course of the series, she develops from a relatively young and inexperienced S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist to one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most senior agents, also clocking significant experience as a field agent. She is distinguished from her colleagues by taking very determined and sometimes coldly rational decisions in the pursuit of what she believes is right.

    Fictional character biography

    New Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Further information: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 1

    Jemma Simmons is brought on to

    S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson's team as a life sciences (both human and alien) specialist.[3] She has a close bond with fellow agent Leopold Fitz, whom she met at the S.H.I.E.L.D. academy, with both being its Science and Technology division's youngest graduates.[4][5] Near the end of the season, Fitz and Simmons lock themselves inside a medical unit for safety from rogue agent Grant Ward, who ejects the unit into the ocean.[6] Trapped on the ocean floor, Fitz and Simmons send out a distress signal, and devise a controlled explosive to blow the windows open and escape. Fitz forces a distraught Simmons to take the sole oxygen tank, professing his feelings for her. He is nearly drowned after using the explosive, while Simmons swims to the surface with his unconscious body, where they are rescued by Nick Fury, who picked up their distress signal.[7]

    Joining Hydra

    Further information: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2

    Following their underwater experience, Fitz struggles with technology and hallucinates the presence of Simmons, who left S.H.I.E.L.D. some time earlier because of Fitz's condition.

    Kree weapon called the "Monolith", which is in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, breaks free of containment and absorbs Simmons into itself.[11]

    Stranded on Maveth

    Further information: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3

    In

    Elliot Randolph and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson, is able to enter the portal, finds Simmons and manages to rescue her just as Daisy's power destroys the Monolith.[13] Simmons struggles to readjust to being back on Earth,[14] and tells Fitz about the 4,722 hours she spent stranded on the desert planet.[15] Fitz and Simmons eventually consummate their relationship.[16]

    S.H.I.E.L.D. inner circle

    Further information: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4

    Simmons is shown to now be working in the new but paranoid S.H.I.E.L.D. director

    Davis who fly them out with the LMD's being blown up in the process. Simmons then hacks into the framework so she and Daisy can enter, which they do.[2] Inside the framework, Simmons wakes up in a mass grave where she discovers that her avatar was murdered. After getting thrown out of a car she realises S.H.I.E.L.D. lost the war in this world with Hydra running everything. Simmons tracks down Coulson but is unable to convince him that this world is fake and he calls Hydra on her which she narrowly escapes. She immediately meets up with Daisy but their way out has been damaged.[19]

    Future and Present

    Further information: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5

    An unknown group seizes Simmons and the other agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and transports them to a space station in the future, except Fitz,

    Glenn Talbot, Simmons resolves to find the present version of Fitz, who is still in stasis aboard Enoch's spaceship.[24]

    Search for Fitz

    Further information: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6

    Simmons has unsuccessfully been searching for Fitz for a year.

    Alphonso Mackenzie, and return to Earth.[30] While S.H.I.E.L.D. stops Izel, Simmons and Fitz are ambushed by the Chronicom Hunters, but saved by Enoch who helps them achieve time travel as well as create a Coulson LMD to help them fight the Hunters.[31]

    Chronicom War

    Further information: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 7

    In

    Flint and Piper and asking them to guard Fitz and Alya while Simmons left with the team. Following Sibyl and Nathaniel's defeat, Fitz and Simmons pick up Alya before retiring from S.H.I.E.L.D. to raise her.[37]

    Concept and creation

    In November 2012, Elizabeth Henstridge was cast as Jemma Simmons.[38] She described her character as "a biochem expert. She's young and hungry and she's a great woman to play because she's intelligent and focused and curious and she doesn't apologize for it. She's got a wonderful relationship with Fitz. They kind of bounce off each other."[39] After the reveal during the season two premiere that Fitz was just imagining Simmons in the episode, Henstridge explained that the showrunners "tell you what you need to know to act your scenes, but anything after that, you never know."[40] For Simmons' costume design, Foley tried to have her clothes reflect her personality, without "getting too cliché...we mix the hard with the soft—we combine the feminine elements like peter pan collars, silk blouses and florals with the masculine touches like ties".[41] Ava Mireille portrays a younger Simmons.[42]

    Characterization

    Henstridge talked about the characters of Fitz and Simmons being separated over the course of the series, noting that they have "never been without each other. When you see them without each other, that brings a whole new dynamic just to them as characters in discovering what it's like to have to be independent".

    Inhumans and the subsequent death of Agent Triplett, Henstridge explained that at the beginning of the series, Simmons was "very mathematical" but throughout the first season "understood that it was more about human relationships and what it means to save someone's life". Now, "she's had a traumatic event and she's gone straight back to what she knows of trying to make everything black and white", and so "It makes sense [to her] if there are these people—call them what you want; Inhumans—that cause destruction, and you can get rid of them, then they won't be a destruction [sic] anymore....Of course it isn't" that simple.[38]

    After Simmons is trapped on the planet Maveth for six months, she becomes "profoundly different", with Henstridge describing her as "definitely still her essence—she doesn't just completely change. But she's been through so much. She's hardened. She's had to face things that she never would've imagined, also by herself without Fitz, so she's definitely changed, stronger and kind of damaged."[44] Describing the relationship that Simmons develops with Daniels on the planet, and comparing it to that with Fitz, Henstridge said, "It's very visceral. It's more primal and intense. That just comes from having to survive in a hostile environment, only having each other on the whole planet. The stakes are always so high, so it's more physical than her relationship with Fitz. FitzSimmons is a slow burn that's taken years and years, and they connected over intellect, whereas her and Will, it's an "us against the world" kind of thing."[45] After Daniels dies and Simmons eventually moves on with Fitz, the latter two are shown consummating their relationship after several seasons worth of build up. "We imagine they spend the morning after laughing a lot about what just happened," said Whedon and Tancharoen, "We want their relationship to feel like their friendship did, because all the best relationships are just that. So moving forward, while this change in their friendship would hopefully only deepen their connection, it is bound also to make things a bit more complicated."[46]

    Reception

    Reviewing the season 1 episode "0-8-4", Eric Goldman of IGN criticized the lack of development for the majority of main characters, specifically Fitz and Simmons as he did with the pilot episode.[47] However, he was more positive while reviewing "FZZT", praising it for finally giving the "well-needed" development of them both.[48] Henstridge was named TVLine's "Performer of the Week" for the week of October 25, 2015, for her performance in "4,722 Hours", particularly for carrying the episode herself.[49]

    Other appearances

    Live-action

    Animation

    Comics

    • Simmons appears in
      Ian Quinn (who has connections to the Clairvoyant and Project: Centipede).[55]
    • Simmons first appeared in the mainstream
      Heimdall. When it was revealed that Heimdall was being possessed by an alien rock, the team remove it and Simmons analyzes it afterwards. While attempting to neutralize a bomb, Simmons is attacked and infected by an unknown material. She comes to the conclusion that she only has one month to live.[57] Henry Hayes / Deathlok finds out about her condition and asks her about it. Simmons reveals that the reason she has not told anyone is because she did not want anyone to pity her.[58] She eventually slips into a coma, revealing her condition to the S.H.I.E.L.D. staff.[59] Hayes and Mockingbird realize that the best way to save her life is to turn her into another Deathlok.[60] The procedure saves her life, but in a disoriented state she begins to attack her fellow agents. Coulson arrives in time to reach out to her humanity and she regains her sanity. She then thanks Hayes for saving her life.[61]

    Video games

    See also

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